Nicholas Parsons Quotes

United Kingdom, Actor
October 10, 1923 – January, 28, 2020.

Christopher Nicholas Parsons CBE is an English actor and radio and television presenter. Still active in his 90s, Parsons' long career in television, radio and theatre has made him a household name and he has been described as "the ultimate quiz show host" because of his "geniality, clarity of diction and the speed with which he rattled through questions".

Also known as Television Presenter

I don’t know if men go bonkers in middle age. I’m bonkers half the time anyway, so I didn’t notice much.

Nicholas Parsons
- Time
- Middle Age
- Bonkers
I see a lot of the young comedians think it is clever to use foul language and they think it is funny. It isn’t.

Nicholas Parsons
- Language
- Comedians
- Foul

We are rogues and vagabonds waiting by the phone, there to hire for our talents. A bit like prostitutes.

Nicholas Parsons
- Talents
- Hire
- Rogues
The saddest thing about getting old is seeing my cricket bat in the corner and wondering if I will ever play again.

Nicholas Parsons
- Play
- Cricket
- Saddest
The open-necked shirt is really rather ugly. I have seen people with beautifully-tailored jackets on with an open shirt with an awful Adam’s apple there.

Nicholas Parsons
- Ugly
- Open
- Shirt
I can take a grandfather clock to pieces and put it back together again.

Nicholas Parsons
- Pieces
- Clock
- Put Back
I believe I would have got more work if I had been more rugged-looking.

Nicholas Parsons
- Work
- Got
- Rugged
People ask how I’ve survived so long. Well, I was in the Blitz and there was stoicism in adversity. And humour. Humour has sustained me.

Nicholas Parsons
- Long
- Humour
- Survived

I make a living out of being pompous! Why should I change?

Nicholas Parsons
- Change
- Living
- Pompous
Why do people use the word ‘kids’? It makes children sound like small goats.

Nicholas Parsons
- Kids
- Word
- Use